ADBA MEMBER NEWS Romsey-based Solent Turf Supplies has revealed it has successfully trialled the use of a liquid digestate, a bi-product of the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, as a viable alternative to traditional chemical fertilisers. According to Robert Hack, owner…
Horizon 2020 is the new European research funding programme, that takes over from FP7. According to the European Commission website it is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever, with nearly €80 billion of funding available over the seven…
This year we’re introducing a new series of regional Farmers’ AD Pub Meetings, offering farmers the opportunity to find out more about AD, access our free Farmers’ Consultancy Service, visit an on-farm AD plant and ask those crucial initial questions…
We have submitted our response to the European Commission consultation on energy and environment state aid, making a strong case that the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) scheme should not be limited to projects up to 1MW, as the early stage proposals would…
There’s plenty going on with biomethane at the moment – see Ollie’s blog for information on the possible restructuring of the RHI tariff, and my post a couple of weeks ago on Ofgem’s action to simplify grid connections. I’ve also…
The UK Government has published the conclusions of its review of the ‘balance of competences’ between the EU and UK governments on the Environment and Climate Change. The report, which we contributed to, can be viewed here. It is one…
ADBA MEMBER NEWS Sheffield-based company Chesterfield BioGas (CBG) has been awarded another contract to supply their upgrading technology for a biogas plant that will be using organic agricultural waste to provide biomethane-to-grid. The plant, located in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, will…
As Matt posted last week, DECC are keen to gather more evidence on the cost of biomethane projects, including whether there are economies of scale which could justify a restructuring of the tariff. They would therefore like us to gather…
Are you a leader in AD and biogas? Entry for our third UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards is now open, so if you think your company deserves special recognition for an AD project, product or service, check out the…
This February and March, WRAP will again be undertaking their annual survey to generate estimates of the size and nature of the AD sector in the UK. The survey is being carried out so that WRAP and its funders (Defra,…